Caracterização de duas nascentes urbanas em Cuiabá/MT

Abstract

The National Water Resources Policy describes water as a limited natural resource, a public good with economic value and which should have assured appropriate quality standards for the use of current and future generations (Law 9.433/97; Brazil, 1997). The disorderly urban occupation in Cuiaba, Capital of Mato Grosso State, has caused the destruction of Permanent Preservation Areas of wellsprings and streams, affecting the quantity and quality of river water due to the release of domestic, commercial, industrial and/or constructions wastewaters. This paper describes the situation of two springs and a stream located between the Districts Carumbé, San Roque and Residencial São Carlos of the city of Cuiabá / MT. As well as to verify which are the interferences in its path, in order to determine the state of environmental degradation, and calculate the valuation of the damage classified as reversible and irreversible presented on site. The results presented diverge from data of the technical report: Characterization and Cartographic Delimitation of the Permanent Preservation Areas and Areas of Environmental Interest in Cuiabá Urban Area (2008), who features Carumbé Stream as ephemeral channel with presence of sewage and disregards the existence of its Wellspring areas.